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Middle Grade Ninja: GUEST POST: “The Magic of Middle Grade Book Marketing” by Daniel Harvell
After writing, publishing and marketing my first novel, The Survivors, I thought I knew everything there was to know about getting a book out there. The process isn’t easy, and there’s no one single path to take – a writer has to employ a variety of methods to get his or her material in the hands […]
Middle Grade Ninja: GUEST POST: “Sailing Takes Me Away To Where I’ve Always Written It Could Be” by Tom McCarthy
I think of myself as a sailor, though I do far less actual sailing than I’d like. Some of my favorite sailing trips include sailing on the Indian Ocean, right near where the Runnymeade crashed. Luckily we encountered no terrible weather or man-eating islanders. I’ve also sailed near Hong Kong in the South China Sea […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Guest Post: “Why I Write About Goblins” by Andrea Kaczmarek
Why do I write Middle Grade? Middle grade is the starting point to get kids really keen on books. Of course, the earlier the better with read aloud stories and the old favorites, but middle grade has a special attraction to get kids hooked. My grandson is hooked on the Wimpy Kid series and my […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For Writers
Tomi Adeyemi is a Nigerian-American writer and creative writing coach based in San Diego, California. After graduating Harvard University with an honors degree in English literature, she received a fellowship that allowed her to study West African mythology and culture in Salvador, Brazil. When she’s not working on her novels or watching Scandal, she can […]
Middle Grade Ninja: James Munn
We write children’s picture books about an elementary school-aged boy and his marvelous pet weasel. Often we are asked—understandably so—for what age groups our fun little episodes are intended. The answer: children between four and ten years old and the adults who read with them. But the deeper truth: anyone and everyone. Humans love a […]
Middle Grade Ninja: The And Then Story
Esteemed Reader, if you haven’t read the Banneker Bones books yet, that’s cool. This is mostly going to be a post about writing that anyone could read as I’ll avoid any major spoilers. But seriously, when you get time, read those books:) I’ll give you the first one free. This afterword will probably mean more […]
Middle Grade Ninja: MIDDLE GRADE NINJA PRESS OFFICIAL STYLE GUIDE
Occasionally, Esteemed Readers have come up to me or written me with questions about grammar in my books. My first reaction is embarrassment as typos happen to the best of us despite paying multiple editors and when one is found I want to hear about it post haste so I can correct it for future […]
Middle Grade Ninja: NINJA BOOK CLUB: Chapter 20 THE FIRST TASK
First Paragraph: Harry got up on Sunday morning and dressed so inattentively that it was a while before he realized he was trying to pull his hat onto his foot instead of his sock. When he’d finally got all his clothes on the right parts of his body, he hurried off to find Hermione, locating […]
Middle Grade Ninja: NINJA STUFF: An Appropriate Relationship Between Author and Blogger (Part Two)
Last Time on Ninja Stuff: I talked about how authors should better appreciate bloggers for all the hard, usually unpaid work they do to promote books. I stated that I think a writer who requests a blogger to feature them should have the courtesy to promote that post should a blogger agree to do them […]
Middle Grade Ninja: NINJA STUFF: Going Indie (Part Three)
Last time on Ninja Stuff: I announced I’ve published my mean and nasty Young ADULT novel All Together Now: A Zombie Story, available here. I compared success in publishing to winning the lottery and marveled at the wonders of the internet and the hope it holds for writers. And now the thrilling conclusion… Over the […]